Re: So is Party et. al. Reading my whole hardrive and screen buffer?
You are voluntarily giving Party 100% control over your computer.
For the typical user...
They probably run just basic checks...
See if your logging in from multiple machines...
Scan your task manager for whats running...
And scan for very specific commercial programs...
Or very specific behavior that fits a Bot profile.
If you are making money...
(Nobody will care if you are losing money)...
And they flag your behavior as "unnatural"...
They will target you and expand their analysis...
And take screen shots only as required.
Don't underestimate the sophistication...
Of their India based software engineers.
They are probably smarter than 90% of Bot builders...
Who brag about "throwing together" a Bot in a few days.
They probably get a lot of "false positives"...
Meaning they wrongly accuse people of nonspecific "cheating"...
And, offshore, Party can just grab the cash at will.
Actually, EBay also behaves in a totally autocratic manner...
Because there are no specific laws or regulations...
That apply to auction sites.
Are ya gonna sue EBay or Party?
EBay sure doesn't care about their reputation...
Monopolies never do.
EBay just sends another 100 lobbyists to Washington...
To spread the cash around.
On the bright side...
It's fairly straightforward to build 100% undetectable Bots...
You just need to be a serious minded software engineer...
With enough experience to build commercial quality software.
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